Wednesday, January 15, 2014

When the Lord is Your Guide

By Emily M.

I will quote from Psalms 23:4 - "Even though I walk through the valley
of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your
rod and your staff, they comfort me."

I got a job... I will never forget the smile on my face as I was
informing my mother I had a job at a local butchery. Little did I know
how short lived my happiness would actually be. I was 20 and I knew I
was going to earn something to buy my little boy stuff. It wasn't much
really, but it was going to be something nevertheless. This job required
that I report to work before 7am in the morning and close just after 8
p.m. at night, and this is where things took a turn for the scary. For
the first few days I was able to secure transport as my employer was
pretending to be a nice person and let me go early. Then she stopped and
this is when I truly learned that for real God's Angels are completely
in charge and other nice verses like He will never leave you nor forsake
you. I will attempt to describe my road home so as to give a clear
picture of my problem. You see there were no cars so I had to walk
through 10km or 6.2 miles of coffee plantation. It is an area known for
robbers and all manners of bad people with the wrong agenda in their
heads for a girl walking by herself at 9 p.m. at night. For two months I
did this. I was not trying to pull a bad stunt but it was necessary to
get home and you know what not once did anything out of the ordinary
ever happen to me at all. I must confess I saw the hand of God knowing
all the stories.
Psalm 139 says "1 O LORD, you have searched me and you know me. 2 You
know when I sit and when I rise; you perceive my thoughts from afar. 3
You discern my going out and my lying down; you are familiar with all my
ways. 4 Before a word is on my tongue you know it completely, O LORD. 5
You hem me in--behind and before; you have laid your hand upon me.